Echoes of Desire: English Petrarchism and Its Counterdiscourses

Echoes of Desire variously invokes and interrogates a number of historicist and feminist premises about Tudor and Stuart literature by examining the connections between the anti-Petrarchan tradition and mainstream Petrarchan poetry. It also addresses some of the broader implications of contemporary critical methodologies. Heather Dubrow offers an alternative to the two predominant models used in previous treatments of Petrarchism: the all-powerful poet and silenced mistress on the one hand and the poet as subservient patron on the other

Echoes of Desire

Echoes of Desire variously invokes and interrogates a number of historicist and feminist premises about Tudor and Stuart literature by examining the connections between the anti-Petrarchan tradition and mainstream Petrarchan poetry. It also addresses some of the broader implications of contemporary critical methodologies. Heather Dubrow offers an alternative to the two predominant models used in previous treatments of Petrarchism: the all-powerful poet and silenced mistress on the one hand and the poet as subservient patron on the other

What’s in a Word : Adaptive Iterability in Henry V

“Adaptive iterability” aptly glosses verbal repetitions central to Henry V, where reiteration, repetition with a difference, adapts an earlier word, to attempt to control it, or to modify a threat. Although this process takes a number of different forms, they are united by their concern for mastery and revenge. This essay distinguishes Shakespeare’s usage from poststructuralist concepts of iterability. Recognizing these patterns provides new perspectives on episodes ranging from Katherine’s English lesson to Henry’s naming of the field of Agincourt, as well as on issues central to the play, such as the relationship of language and agency.L’expression «adaptive interability» suggère à la fois des opérations et des motivations : c’est-à-dire, on rencontre des mots réitérés et, dans un certain sens, transformés. Cette repetition-avec-différence souligne une préoccupation avec une maîtrise ou une revanche. Dans cette optique, reconnaître inscrit de nouvelles perspectives sur des episodes tels que la leçon d’anglais ou la nomination «Agincourt» par le roi victorieux, aussi bien que les questions au centre de la pièce, le pouvoir sur la langue et la parole.Dubrow Heather. What’s in a Word : Adaptive Iterability in Henry V. In: Cahiers Charles V, n°45,2008. Shakespeare, les français, les France. pp. 17-29